. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. the upper well curved athwartships. Midsection has a sHghtly rising floor carried well out in a straight line, a quick, low bilge, and slightly rounded top- sides. The vessels had a long and low quarterdeck with open rail and trunk cabin well aft, raking masts, with the mainmast to port of the hull's centerline and the centerboard slot to starboard, with center- board lanyard to block at mainmast hounds and thence to deck belay. Scale of half-model is U inch to the foot, producing a vessel 74 feet 9 inches at the rail, 71 feet between perpen
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. the upper well curved athwartships. Midsection has a sHghtly rising floor carried well out in a straight line, a quick, low bilge, and slightly rounded top- sides. The vessels had a long and low quarterdeck with open rail and trunk cabin well aft, raking masts, with the mainmast to port of the hull's centerline and the centerboard slot to starboard, with center- board lanyard to block at mainmast hounds and thence to deck belay. Scale of half-model is U inch to the foot, producing a vessel 74 feet 9 inches at the rail, 71 feet between perpendiculars, 22 feet moulded beam, 5 feet 3 inches depth of hold, and draft 6 feet 6 inches at post and 4 feet 4 inches forward. Given by William Skinner & Sons, Shipbuilders, Baltimore, Maryland. ' low, hard bilge, and a slight tumble-home in the top- side. The vessel .sat low in the water and her masts had much rake, her ccnteri)oard was large and passed through the garboard on one side of the keel. Scale of the model is one-half inch to the foot, pro- ducing a schooner about 63 feet 6 inches long at rail, about 61 feet between perpendiculars, 19 feet 4 inches moulded beam, about 5 feet 6 inches moulded depth, and drawing 6 feet at post and 5 feet forward. Given Ijy William Skinner & Sons, shipbuilders, Baltimore. Maryland. CHESAPEAKE BAY FISHING PUNGY, about 1885 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 312331 An unidentified pungy was built from this half- model in Dorchester County, Maryland, about 1885 by Joseph T. Spicer for the oyster fishery and general /'ffJVOY. Lines of a Typical Chesapeake Bay Pungy' Schooner of .About 1885. Taken off builder's half-model USNM 312331. CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTER SCHOONER, 1855 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76097 The centerboard schooner Breeze was built from this half-model at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1855 b\- Wil- liam Skinner & Sons for the oyster fishery. She was intended to serve as a smart-sailing oyster "buy boat"' for transporting
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